Improved bird-cage



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PATENT OFFICE- CHARLES L. OSBORN, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.'

IMP'ROVA'ED .BlFt-D-CAGE;

Specification forming part of Letter s Patent No. 38,17 7, dated April14, 1863.

To all whom may concern: Beit known that I, CHARLES L. OSBORN,

of Brooklyn, in'the county of Kings and State of New York, have inventeda newand Improvedflage; and -I hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being bad to theaccompanying-drawings, making apart of this specification, and" theletters of reference marked thereon, in which the'same'letterfrepresents the same thing in each figure.

-' Figure 1 is an' end View of my improved cage; Fig. 2, a 'front View,and Fig. 3 a bot- Fig. 4 is a. representation tom view, thereof. of theinside wire bottom of the cage; Fig. 5,

A is the base of the case; B B CO, the

. tnbulanframes; D and D, bearings of the revolving wheel insidethe-cage; E, the rim of the wheel; F and F, hubs of the wheel; G, one-ofthe screws to secure the cage to the base H, one of the screws securingthe port"- ablemetal pan to the base; K, the inside wire bottom of thecage; L, the portable metal paninside the base; M M, the, tubingservingas earings' for the door; P, the tubular door R, the thumb-pieceby which the spring in one end of the door is pushed back to open orshut W, the open space when the door is out.

The advantagesof thiscage over former cages arise in part from theemployment of tubing for the frame-work of the several parts p of thecase, into which wire may be securely,

neatly, readily, and durably fastened, permitting the useof the peculiardoor matching the frame-work, and securing the esseniitl requisites to agood cageof strength, lightness, durability, and neatness. The wire bot.tom prevents the inmates'from escaping when the cage is cleaned, andthey cannot track holds all moisture, the base will' be efiectuallydurability of the cage much enhanced. a

. The wheel mountedinside. thecage'is a' great improvement upon the oldmodes,.as it is impossible for the animal to be injured in "its use. Thebearings being of; tubing, uniformity of construction in the severalparts of the cageis preserved.

The arrangement permits the cagefto be CHARLES L. osBoRN.

Witnesses:

S .-J. GOR ON, I LOUIS E. GRAND-VAL.

about inand scatter the dirt that collects beneath. The portableimeta'lpan inside the base cannot warp, and as it catches and.

protected from warping" and th'ebeautyand kept clean more easily thanany'h'eretofo're in

